1904 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



35 



but before drones are raised normally, 

 remove the queen, and in the course 

 of time this colony will show queen- 

 cells, worker-brood and ronnd-cai)ped 

 drones. 



Someone has said that the female 

 is Nature's darling, for in the repro- 

 tlnction of the forms of animal life 

 abundance and richness of food sup- 

 plied in earliest stages favors the pro- 

 duction of females, while the contrary 

 treatment favors the production of 

 males a principle with which, accord- 

 ing to Dickel. the as yet thickly-veiled 

 life within the bee hive is in entire 

 accorvl. 



For the practical 1)ee-keeper the im- 

 portance of Dickers theory lies per- 

 haps mainly in the fact that true and 

 absolute in-breeding becomes an easy 

 possibility, no matter by what ,stock 

 one may be surrounded, or how large 

 and varied one's own apiary may be. 

 Other things being equal good honey 

 crops depend principally on good 

 queens and pretty nearly every bee- 

 keeper would be able to double his crop 

 if all his queens came up to his best. 



Riverside, Cal., Dec. 18, 1903. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation. 



Chicago, 111., Dec. 31, 1903. 

 To W. F. Marks, Chairman Board of 



Directors N. B.-K. A.: 



We the committee selected to count 

 the ballots cast at the annual election 

 for General ^Manager and three Direc- 

 tors of the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, also on Amendments to its 

 Constitution, have duly counted the 

 same, and report as follows: 



Total number of A'otes cast, 552; 

 necessary to elect, 277. 



Result of the Ballot. 



For General Manager. — N. E. 

 France, 518; George W. York, 8; Em- 

 erson T. Abbott, 5; W. L. Coggshall, 

 4; Dr. C. C. Miller, 2; and the follow- 

 ing 1 each: C. A. Hatch, O. L. 

 HershLser, J. F. Mclntyre, E. S. Love- 

 sy. Louis Scholl and W. Z. Hutchinson. 



For Directors.— R. C. Aikin. 444; P. 

 H. Elwood, 404; Wm. McEvoy, 268; E. 

 R.Root, 195; George W. York,"20; Prof, 

 A. J. Cook, 19; Emerson T. Abbott, 19; 

 W. D. Coggshall, 10; G. M. Doolittle, 9; 

 J. F. Mclntyre, 9; Wm. Rohrig, 9; E. 

 S. Lovesy, 8; H. H. Hyde, 7; H. C. 

 Morehouse, 6; Dr. C. C. Miller, G; D. 

 W. Working, 5; Frank Benton, 4; N, 



E. France, 4; M. A. Gill, 4; C. H. W. 

 Weber, 4; Frank Rauchfuss. 4; C. P. 

 Dadant, 3; L. Stacholhausen, 3; O. L. 

 Hershiser, 3; W. Z. Hutchinson, 3; M. 

 H. Mendleson, 3; W. O. Victor, 3; the 

 following, 2 each: .T. J. Cosby, .T. T. 

 Calvert, Fred W. Muth, W. F. Marks, 

 A. C. .Miller, F. Wilcox, Chalon Fowls, 



F. E. Brown. J. A. Stone, J. T.. Strong, 

 W. S. Ponder, J. T. Moore, W. A. Sel- 

 ser. .T. E. Crane, ,.T. B. Rick: and the 

 following 1 each: John Rick, J. H. 

 Hunter, Wm. StoUey, J. W. Johnson, 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Ude Toepiierwein, 

 Arthur Stanley, Harry McCombe, C. A. 

 Hatch. G. W. Brodbeck. J. P. West. H. 

 W. Coley. Mrs. H. C. Acklin. Mrs. N. 

 L. Stow. W. J. Craig, J. S. Bruce. E. 

 E. Hasty, C. M. ^Morris, E. C Atkin, J. 

 M. Hambaugh, Huber Root, E. B. Tyr- 

 rel, N. L. Stevens, W. D. Wright, J. A. 

 Green, F. F. Jansen, J. Q. Smith. Gus 

 Dittmer, J. E. Chambers, J. E. Hether- 

 ington, H. G. Quirin, K. H. Keeler. I. 

 J. Stringham, F. Greiner, J. C. Harris, 



N. C. Acklin, Wm. Russell, Frank 

 Moeser. A. B. Mullen. Chas. W. Yoight, 

 John Torens. F. O. Hallisbury. J. M. 

 Jenkins. R. B. Herron. H. E. Wilder. S. 

 C. Ferguson, W. A. Hlckox. A. A. 

 French, J. F. Flory, Wm. Couse, M. 

 V. Facey, M. Hart, J. W. Ferree, Hen- 

 ry Alley, J. C. Corey, J. C. Morrison, 

 Geo. E. Hilton. John Myers, Chas. 

 Stewart, C. P. Gillette, Edwin Bevins, 

 N. B. West, and C. H. Pierce. 



For amendments, 491; against 

 amendments, 10. 



(Signed) George W. York. 



Secretary. 

 C. C. Miller. Dir. 



Whereas. N. E. France, having re- 

 ceived "a majority vote of the mem- 

 bers voting,'' for General INIanaTer, is 

 elected General INIanager of the Nation- 

 al Bee-Keepers' Association. 



R. C. Aikin and P. H. Elwood. hav- 

 ing received "a ma.iority vote of the 

 members voting," for Directors, are 

 elected Directors to succeed them- 

 selves. No one having received "a ma- 

 jority vote of the members voting." for 

 a Director to succeed E. R. Root, B. 

 R. Root will hold over as provided in 

 the Constitution under which this elec- 

 tion was held. 



The Amendments to the Constitu- 

 tion, having received "a majoritv vote 

 of the members voting," are adopted. 

 W. F. IMarks, 



Chm. Bd. of Directors N. B.-K. A. 



